Architectural Computer Services Inc. (ARCOM) and ASTM International jointly announced an agreement May 6 to provide ARCOM’s MASTERSPEC® licensed users easy access to ASTM’s standards through ARCOM's MASTERWORKS™ software.

The agreement allows ARCOM to embed Web-enabled links within ARCOM’s MASTERWORKS and LINX software to each standard’s document summary within ASTM’s online standard search. The links also allow the user to purchase the standards easily. “This agreement will provide improved service to MASTERSPEC licensed users by putting access to ASTM standards right on their desktop,” said ARCOM President Edward F. Smith, DArch, FAIA. The agreement provides ASTM access to the 10,000 architecture and engineering organizations that have licensed MASTERSPEC. These groups represent an estimated 50,000 design professionals.

“ASTM is one of the primary sources of standards in MASTERSPEC,” said Christopher Bushnell, AIA, director of MASTERSPEC operations. “They are extensively referenced in MASTERSPEC, with over 1,000 standards referenced in 540 specification sections. This arrangement will provide MASTERSPEC licensed users easy access to ASTM standards at the same time as they are preparing their project manuals,” he said. MASTERSPEC users will be able to access the links to ASTM standards by early summer.

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